Shoe sole



Patented Apr. S, `l92l.

UNETFL STATES PA GILOWITZ, QF W' EST PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF BENJAMIN T0 .ABRAHAM SEEI-IERMAN, OF KINGSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE SOLE. v

Application med January is, 1.923. serial no. 613,454..

To @ZZ w hom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, BuNJAMrN GiLowrrz, a citizen of the United States7 residing at lest Pittston, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Soles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe soles and has for its object to provide a sole of improved form which may be drawn into flat contact with the shoe when it is applied and will contact wit-h extreme tightness at its edges, reinforcing plates of novel forni being embedded in the sole and provided with nail holes, whereby to cause the sole to be tightly drawn into Proper contact with the shoe when the nails are driven.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a. plan view partly in horizontal section, sho-wing one form of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view showing the manner in which the sole {iattens when applied to a shoe.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of one of the reinforcing and nailing plates shown in Fig. l.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of a portion of a shoe equipped with the sole.

Figure 6 is a plan view partly in horizontal section showing a different form of construction.

Figures 7 and 8 are transverse sectional views as indicated by lines 7-7 and 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Figure 9 is a plan view partly in section showing a still further form of construction.

.Figure 10 is a transverse sectional view on line lO-lO of Fig. 9.

Figure 1l is a plan view partly in section showingr yet another form of construction.

In Figs. 1 to 5, I have shown a sole l formed of any desired composition, said sole being of substantially concavo-convex io'rm in sectiopi so that when its central poredge and nailing washers tion is drawn tightly against the shoerby nails or screws, the edge portion of said sole will snugly Contact with the shoe. Metal reinforcing and nailing plates are embedded in the sole l and in the construction shown, a V-shaped plate 2 is embedded in' thev toe portion ofthe sole in spaced relation with the edges thereof, while a pair of H-shaped plates 3 are embedded in the rear and intermediate portions of the sole. Each of the plates 3 consists of a transverse strip of metal 4 having a pair of integral T-heads 5 at its ends, these heads being spaced inwardly from the edges of the sole. All of the plates '2 and 3 are formed with nail holes 6 to receive attaching nails 7 or screws if desired and it will be seen that when the metal plates which are normally curved as shown in Fig. 2, are drawn by the attaching fasteners into straight form, the sole 1 will be flattened against and held in tight contact with the shoe, as disclosed in Figs. 3

and 5.

By employing the strips 4lwith their elongated heads 5 adjacent the edges of the sole, and by forming this sole of substantially concavo-convex form, its edge will be tightly held against the shoe.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, a sole is shown having a flat body portion la surrounded by an outwardly inclined border portion ll which is straight in transverse section. In the toe portion of this sole is embedded a V-shaped nailing plate 2a while elongated nailing plates 3 are embedded in the sole behind said plate ifa, substantially at the juncture of the body portion la with the border portion 1b, all of the plates being provided with openings 6a to receive nails or other attaching fasteners.

Preferably, the sole is provided across its rear end portion with an embedded perforated plate 8 through which attaching fasteners may be driven and a suitably shaped wear plate 9 may be embedded in the lower side of' the toe portion of said sole, this plate being preferably formed with a nailing hole 10.

In the construction shown in Figs. 9 and l0, the sole has its inclined border portion l thickened gradually towards its outer 3c are used in place of the plates 2a and 3a. Similarly, washers 8 are used in place of the plated.

The construction shown Fig.- ll is in general the same as that described in connection with certain preceding figures, but I have provided only a single nailing'washer 3 near the toe of the sole and have shown a plurality of such Washers 8d at the rear end of said sole. This form of construction although being held in place to some extent by the fasteners passing through the washersBd and 8d, is intended to be cemented or stitched to the shoe.

The features of construction shown and described are very desirable for quickly half-soling shoesand insuring that the composition soles shall snugly contact with the portions of the shoes to which they are secured, the shape of the sole and any of the novel arrangements of reinforcing and nailing members which have been shown, serving to obtain the most desirable results.

I claim:

l. A shoe sole of substantially concavoconvex form, a V-shaped plate embedded in the toe portion of the sole in spaced relation with its edges, and additional plates embedded in the sole in spaced relation with its edges, all of said plates having nail holes.

2. A shoe sole of substantially concaveconvex form, and transverse metal strips embedded in said sole and having T-lieads on their ends spaced inwardly from the edges of the sole, said strips having nail holes.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

BEN J AMN GILOVlTZ 

